Minority Report?: Religious Minorities and Majorities in Late Antique Argumentation

In the course of the fourth century, Christianity gradually shifted from a minority position to the majority one or at least to the strong minority in the Roman Empire. Graeco-Roman religions (called "paganism" by Christian writers) moved to the minority position or the weakened majority....

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Main Author: Kahlos, Maijastina 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Italian
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Published: Morcelliana 2017
In: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2017, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 392-403
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Neopagans
B Agostino
B Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430
B Constantine
B relazioni pagano-cristiano
B Late Roman Empire
B Roman Religion
B Christian triumphalism
B Christians
B trionfalismo cristiano
B pagan-Christian relations
B Religious Minorities
B Costantino
B Tardo Impero Romano
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